2023 Pushcart Prize Nominations

Split Rock Review and Split Rock Press are thrilled to announce our nominations for the 2023 Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses. Congratulations to these Split Rockers and all the nominees this year!

Split Rock Review Nominees

Sarah Kotchian — “Count”

Martha Silano — “Once,”

John Wojtowicz — “Confessions of an Illegal Turtle Keeper”

David M. Brunson — “Removal”

Emry Trantham — “Three Raccoons”

Stacey R. Forbes — “Flying north, a war story”

Split Rock Press Nominees

DJ Hills — “Leaving Louisiana,” “It’s Monday and I Don’t Have HIV,” and “Leaving Baltimore” from Leaving Earth.

Rebecca Macijeski — “stopped clocks,” “small house,” and “what she thinks of me” from Autobiography.

Best of the Net Nominees

We love all our writers and artists, so it was an extremely difficult task deciding which pieces to nominate for Best of the Net.

Congratulations to the following Split Rockers! Thank you for making us look so good.

POETRY

Joy Arbor — A Zone of Uncertainty

Mary Beth Becker-Lauth — Ode to the Ultrasound

Karissa Carmona — Alternative Questions for the HUD Homelessness Survey

DJ Hills — Leaving Earth

Natasha Pepperl — If you live long enough

Kiyoko Reidy — Oregon with Wildfire

NONFICTION

Kathleen Melin — Seeking a New Land

Dawn M. Smith — A Whale Alone

ART

Dimitra Rizou — Return to In-person Meetings: A Rehabilitation Guide

Dagny Sellorin — Things to Come

2021 Pushcart Nominees

Split Rock Review and Split Rock Press are thrilled to announce our nominations for the 2021 Pushcart Prize! Congratulations and best of luck to all the nominees!!!

SPLIT ROCK REVIEW NOMINEES

Lauren Camp, “Reckoning”

Ted Kooser, “Man Wading into a Lake”

Polchate Kraprayoon, “Burn Morels”

Adrian Markle, “The Church of Squalls”

Anna Oberg, “The Raft”

Ellen Rogers, “8 Weeks: Raspberry”

SPLIT ROCK PRESS NOMINEES

Anne Haven McDonnell: “Prologue: A Creation Story,” “Dear Oysterman,” “The Farmer,” from Living with Wolves

Vivian Faith Prescott: “How to Survive a Glacial Meltdown,” “Top Ten Signs of Climate Change,” “Meditations on Other Biological Impacts,” from The Last Glacier at the End of the World

Orison Anthology Nominations

Split Rock Review is excited to announce the following poets were nominated for the Orison Anthology! Please help us celebrate these terrific poets and their lovely poems.

Congratulations to all the nominees!!!

Jennifer Brown—”The Loneliness of Things in Broad Daylight”

Jessica Cohn—”Transplants”

Brittney Corrigan—”Sanctuary”

James Crews—”Natural Silence” 

Sara Ryan—”Self-Portrait as Mammal” 

Connie Wieneke—”Perhaps Unlike Us”